High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Sep 26, 2026· Updated Sep 26, 2026
CVE-2026-16591
CVE-2026-16591
Description
The WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before 1.5.8 does not sanitize and escape some of its category and location fields before outputting them in page attributes, allowing users with a WP Directory Kit WordPress plugin before 1.5.8-specific listing-management role (and without the unfiltered_html capability) to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute for any visitor of the affected page.
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Affected products
1- Range: <1.5.8
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 21, 2026 to September 27, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Oct 1, 2026